After my soul traveled to ancient times, I don't want to be cannon fodder

"Later, the Chen family spent a large sum of money to bribe the yamen runners and the Yue family, and only then was the matter suppressed. Now my eldest sister is going to be married to such a man. Your Highness, my eldest sister's strong temper will definitely not be able to tolerate it."

"If we don't save her, she will be tortured to death!"

When Murong Lan said this, she bowed deeply with tears in her eyes.

Zhong Ning felt a little uncomfortable. She had met Murong Huan a few times before. Although she was a bit spoiled, she always looked down on her concubine's sister...

But to be honest, she didn't do anything bad.

And there is Chen Shaozu, who has a violent temper and often beats and scolds people. Isn’t this super male syndrome?

If Murong Huan falls into his hands, both of them will be doomed to fail.

No, maybe it's not a fight to the death. If it was the proud and unbridled Murong Huan before, he might still have the courage, but the current Murong Huan, after experiencing the drastic changes in his family, has probably already witnessed how fickle people's hearts are.

Thinking of this, Zhong Ning prepared to get up and go to rescue people.

Although Murong Huan has been demoted to a commoner, she is of royal blood and is also his cousin, so it is not excessive to lend a helping hand.

But then she thought again, if she agreed this time, given Murong Lan's glorious nature of the Virgin Mary, what if she came to rely on her in the future?

She didn't want to cause trouble for herself.

People with Madonna traits are more terrifying than ordinary people.

"I can go and save her...but what will you give me in exchange?"

Zhong Ning sat back down. "You have to understand one thing. If I hadn't pleaded for you, both you and Murong Huan would have knelt on the execution ground today and accepted the judgment of the law!"

"Don't tell me that you didn't know about Prince An's affairs. I shouldn't hold this account against you."

"He took so many bribes, much of which was used to support your palace. As the bloodline of Prince An, you all benefited from this human blood..."

"Since we share the same wealth and honor, why can't we be convicted of the same crime?"

Murong Lan's body stiffened slightly, and she seemed to be completely depressed. She knelt on the ground, tears streaming down her face, not knowing how to react.

"Shut up, don't cry..." Zhong Ning shouted,

"What are you crying about? Can your tears bring back those children whose bodies were thrown into the dry well? Can your tears bring back those children who have been tortured and made their lives free from the shadow of their past?"

Murong Lan was scolded so hard that she froze in place, tears seemingly unable to fall, and she looked at Zhong Ning with grievance.

"I said I can save her, but what can you offer me in exchange?" Zhong Ning emphasized again, with a cold look in his eyes.

"I... I don't know what I have... If Your Highness likes anything, please come and get it..." Murong Lan sobbed and spoke intermittently.

"In that case, I won't be polite..." Zhong Ning said with a half-smile, "Then hand over your hidden lover!"

Murong Lan suddenly widened her eyes, as if she couldn't believe it.

In other words, she didn't understand why Zhong Ning knew so much about her.

"Why? Not happy? Your lover or your sister... who is more important? People always have to make choices..."

Upon hearing this, Murong Lan instantly fell to the ground, her voice slightly hoarse: "Your Highness, how did you know?"

"I have been sending people to closely monitor the affairs of the Western Rong and Northern Di. Naturally, I know that Prince Li Yuanche of the Western Rong was hunted all the way to Mount Futu, lost his memory, and was saved by you."

"Your Highness, you have always known this, so why didn't you help him?" Murong Lan asked suddenly, her eyes full of hurt.

As if to say, how could you be such a cold-blooded and heartless person?

If you had helped him at the beginning, he wouldn't have been injured so badly, and he wouldn't have lost his memory and forgotten her. All this is because you didn't help!

Seeing this, Zhong Ning's face suddenly turned cold, and his voice was extremely cold: "Help him? Why should I help him? Murong Lan, do you know what you are talking about?"

"I..." Murong Lan was speechless for a moment.

"Who is he? He's the prince of the Western Rong Kingdom. He's personally led his troops to raid the border of Dayong many times... killing the people of Dayong and looting their property... And you actually want me to help him?"

With a slap, Zhong Ning slapped Murong Lan hard in the face!

"You ungrateful creature! I think you've been blinded by greed and can't distinguish between friend and foe... I haven't even settled the score with you for secretly saving Li Yuanche, and yet you dare to point your finger at me and question me!"

"He has killed countless people in Dayong and trampled upon countless lives. This blood feud has not yet been avenged, yet you are the first to turn to the enemy."

"Is it you who are betraying us that the soldiers of Dayong risked their lives to protect on the battlefield?"

Zhong Ning slapped him again, "You were born with a love-brain, and now you want to bully your own family..."

"Murong Lan, I saved your life. If you don't want it, I will strangle you to death right now to prevent you from causing me more trouble in the future..."

After saying that, an invisible internal force suddenly rose up and sucked Murong Lan, who was blown to the ground, directly over.

Zhong Ning pinched her neck and kept lifting it up.

Murong Lan opened her eyes wide in horror, rolling her eyes due to lack of oxygen. Seeing that she was about to die, Zhong Ning suddenly threw her out.

Murong Lan fell to the ground, covering her neck and breathing heavily.

She really thought she was going to die!

No wonder, no wonder so many people told her not to provoke Princess Zhaohua.

No wonder she, an illegitimate daughter from outside, was entrusted with the important task of governing the court in times of crisis.

She didn't believe it before, because she had been in the back house for many years and didn't even dare to fight back when the servants bullied her. She even thought that was the biggest ordeal.

But now I know that a real princess can openly take a lover and enter the court alone like Princess Zhaohua.

Even in the face of the powerful collusion between the royal palace and court officials, he dared to stand up and fight against the privileged aristocracy of this era.

Murong Lan thought a lot in an instant.

She even thought of what Zhong Ning had told her earlier: don't be too love-minded, men are nothing big, and if she wants to marry a foreign princess in the future, she should think about how to take advantage of the situation and gain benefits for herself.

Now, she was possessed by a demon, immersed in the gentle embrace of a man.

I almost forgot that it was that man who ran to their Dayong and forced the emperor's uncle and all the ministers in the court to send the princess to marry.

It was also the man who led his troops to destroy the border cities and forced the emperor's uncle to bow his head and beg for peace. Although the emperor's uncle was indeed a coward, the marriage was something that all the ministers in the court and my father wanted to promote.

Thinking of this, she knelt straight and crawled all the way to Zhong Ning, "Sister Ning, I was wrong... Please save my elder sister. Although she treats me badly, she is now my only relative..."